The Sandman – Ep03 – Dream a Little Dream of Me
Seeking the return of his dream-sand, Morpheus finds the exorcist Johanna Constantine, who intends to send the demon Agileth back to Hell after it used the body of Kevin Brody to marry the London Princess. Morpheus looks into one of Johanna’s previous nightmares and sees a botched exorcism that took her friend, Astra Logue, to Hell. Joined by his new raven advisor, Matthew, Morpheus goes with Johanna to visit her ex-girlfriend, Rachel, who is addicted to the dream-sand keeping her alive. Johanna persuades Morpheus to lay Rachel to rest, and he does, retrieving his pouch. Now more than a hundred years-old, Ethel Cripps retains her youth by use of a protection amulet she obtained in a trade with a demon from Hell. Warned by the Corinthian that Morpheus is seeking his stolen totems, Ethel travels to a mental institution in Buffalo, New York to visit her son, John, who is committed there due to a dark obsession with Morpheus’ ruby. John convinces her to help him get the ruby, and Ethel removes the protection amulet to give to him. She immediately ages, and dies. John uses the amulet’s power to escape the institution.